How can I help my dog's upset stomach?

My dog (about 1.5 years old, pug/daschund mutt) has been sick to her stomach on and off the past couple of days. Two days ago, she started to eat grass and then proceeded to diarrhea a few times and vomit once. Then she was fine for a day, and now she just diarrhea-d (is that a word?) again. She's acting fine except for this...not lethargic, very playful and active...

We have been VERY careful about what we are feeding the dogs after the pet food recall. Both of them are eating the Good Life Recipe hard kibble, which is NOT affected by it. Our older dog, Maxine (about 2 years, terrier mix), is totally fine...

Until we can get her to the vet for a looksie on Monday, is there anything we can do? Someone suggested rice and plain chicken...can I give her anything like children's Pedialyte or Chamomile Tea?...

Any advice could be great! Thanks!

Food changes can do this, or it could be glands. There are many other things that could do this to the poor guy, but I have noticed that small dogs that start to have "issues" with the need to have their anal-glands expressed start having puking issues. My own little dog had issues this morning and vomitted all over me. The chamomile is good to calm him down if he is getting too worked up or nervous. Try adding a supplement of seameal to his food to help him cleanse out the body (this is not a diarrhetic) which you can get at pet stores made by Solid Gold. A tiny bit of seameal at every meal (around a 1/4 teaspoon) will help his digestion. Get him to a vet though soon, and good luck.

Thanks funguy

I'll hop over to Petco tonight or tomorrow and get seameal. The vet will be Monday

there is food poisoning in some pet foods and they say it might be that someone added an ingredient just to say there is more protein in the food they recalled some biscuits and pet food

rice and chicken is good. it also may be the grass or worms. intestinal worms.. you can get some dewormer at your local clinic or at a petco or petsmart. Im a veterinary tech so thats why I think that

Take her to the vet and get her some Flagyl, to calm her gut...take her off all regular dog food and feed small amounts of rice and boiled hamberger mixed together...this is easy to digest, and gives the gut a rest...keep her on it a few days...then gradually...very gradually...(like take 3 to 7 days) incorporate dog food into the rice...

Flagyl is very cheap...

phrannie

Pepto is good and you can get it from the drug store. Your Vet will even tell you to try it. 2 cc every 6 hours for 24 hours. Do not use on nursing moms.

Larger dogs such as a full grown boxer 6 cc's every 6 hrs. for 24 hours.

My beagle springer mix ate our hybrid peppers and had squirts so bad!!! All over the house! I know its gross but our vet also said rice, a LITTLE hamburger, or plain yogurt and egg whites. Not both, just one or the other. She was more worries about parvo and puppy flu than the peppers. It was the peppers and he was better in ONE day!

you dont need to take her to the vet for this...let it eat grass...itll clear whatever is making it sick...by vomiting and diharreah.remember that your dog is very young still a puppy feed it puppy food.shes still growing.it might not be the food at all she might just have a stomach flu take good care of her...she knows what to do since she was eating grass...thats what cleans their system out trust herto b able to take care of her self.if in a week or so shes not better then take her to the vet.
goodluck
-v-

My dog has real bad stomach problems and I took him to the vet. The vet told me to give him 1/2 of pepcid once a day. at first it did not seem to do the job. But now a 1/2 of pepcid every morning does wonders. He was unable to eat for days. ate grass all the time vomiting, diarea, the whole nine yards. now if I forget to give him his pepcid for a few days. He is back in bad shape. So I suggest try 1/2 of a pepcid and see how it works. Im telling you you will see a big difference I garentee this. Good luck p.s. do not use zantac it has to be pepcid

some dogs eat grass when they have a stomach ache or upset stomach so let your dog eat some grass, but I'm not sure if this actually works.

when dogs stomaches hurt they'll it grass so have him eat grass like put some in his food or something or feed it by hand for a couple of days and if the symptoms still occur theni sujest you take him to a vet.

you said that you dog ate grass. grass gives dogs upset stomachs.now about that diareiah if you are feeding your dog tin food it tends to make them direah if your dog only likes tin food like my dog does try mixing dry food [like pedegree] with tin food and you should see some drastic changes in your dog.

p.s. my dog had the same problem as yours =]